Name: Vulcaniibacterium tengchongense Yu et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: teng.chong.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. tengchongense, of or pertaining to Tengchong, Yunnan Province, south-west China, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2011152; DSM 25623; YIM 77520

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX964994 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yu TT, Zhou EM, Yin YR, Yao JC, Ming H, Dong L, Li S, Nie GX, Li WJ. Vulcaniibacterium tengchongense gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a geothermally heated soil sample, and reclassification of Lysobacter thermophilus Wei et al. 2012 as Vulcaniibacterium thermophilum comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:369-376.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 156. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:693-696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Vulcaniibacterium Yu et al. 2014. Publication: Yu TT, Zhou EM, Yin YR, Yao JC, Ming H, Dong L, Li S, Nie GX, Li WJ. Vulcaniibacterium tengchongense gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a geothermally heated soil sample, and reclassification of Lysobacter thermophilus Wei et al. 2012 as Vulcaniibacterium thermophilum comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:369-376.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Vulcaniibacterium Yu et al. 2014

Assigned by: Yu TT, Zhou EM, Yin YR, Yao JC, Ming H, Dong L, Li S, Nie GX, Li WJ. Vulcaniibacterium tengchongense gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a geothermally heated soil sample, and reclassification of Lysobacter thermophilus Wei et al. 2012 as Vulcaniibacterium thermophilum comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:369-376.

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Record number: 791590